Reviews

I can see why this anime is called Pokémon Horizons; it goes on horizons far beyond its own capabilities. Episode 16 is now the best episode of the series by far. The animation, the execution and the buildup to what’s to come were all handled beautifully!

In Episode 15 of Pokémon Horizons, Dot leaves her room and Iono makes her debut! Nidothing and Iono team up for their biggest collaboration!

In Episode 14 of Pokémon Horizons, Roy flies for a happy ending with Wattrel while Liko runs into a dead end.

Late last week, The Pokémon Company gave a preview of the English dub for Pokémon Horizons: The Series during its first-ever panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego, including a sneak-peak screening of the first 11 minutes of the first episode. While there's still some time until that episode will air in full internationally, over in Japan the series has already completed its first cour, with many more episodes on the way!

Sinnoh confirmed! BDSP were unique from the onset; these are the first main series Pokémon titles to be developed by a studio other than Game Freak, namely ILCA, a distinction that sent fan speculation off the charts regarding not only these games, but the future of the franchise. It’s hard to discuss BDSP without reference to other remake titles in the series, and the shrinking visual and gameplay differences between said remakes and the original games. With BDSP the difference is the smallest it's ever been.

Pokémon fans love seeing Pokémon. What’s more, seeing Pokémon go about their own business in their natural ecosystem is a special kind of pleasure. One of the franchise’s under-appreciated strengths is world-building; that is, the sense that the places and characters of the games don’t just disappear the moment we close our eyes, and have lives outside of the player’s interactions with them. Few things enhance the sense that this is a world with a life of its own than seeing the inhabitants walk, stomp, crawl, fly and swim through the environment without heed for the protagonist. It’s why the Wild Area was so central to the premise of Sword and Shield and the Expansion Pass content; it’s why the original Pokémon Snap is so beloved despite merely being an on-rails photograph-’em-up; and it’s why New Pokemon Snap is such a great non-core Pokémon title.